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I decided to design my own classic Conyne kite but adding a new design touch.It is the kite in my profile picture.It has been the first kite I build and I learned to use the sewing machine as I went along building it (special thanks go to my mother-in-law! She was my sewing machine teacher ).

Since I am very happy of how it flies and looks, I have decided to make the plans and info available to you all.Below you can see a few other pictures, the sizes and the full-sized plans.I used 60gr nylon ripstop and 4.2mm carbon tubes. Also white dacron for the back supports of the spreader.

If anyone builds one I would appreciate that they notify me please and send me pictures! I would really like to see other color versions.Have a nice fly!

Yes I tried it in pretty high wind (can't tell you what it was though because I couldn't measure it).It was pulling so hard I decided to pull it down.But it took me 25 minutes to pull the darn thing down because I could barely wind the line on the circular winder!

Despite that and although the spreader of the wings was flexing a lot, it suffered no damage.

On the other hand it needs not much wind to go up.It is quite fun to fly actually.

I learned the hard way not to wind in a kite using the line spool. It will cause the line to be under too much tension and it will crack the spool. The best method to bring down a kite in high wind is to hand-over-hand "walk" down the line leaving the line on the ground and then wind the line on the spool once the kite is down.

I learned the hard way not to wind in a kite using the line spool. It will cause the line to be under too much tension and it will crack the spool. The best method to bring down a kite in high wind is to hand-over-hand "walk" down the line leaving the line on the ground and then wind the line on the spool once the kite is down.

Thanks for the tip bakerworks.However, one of the problems I was having that day was that I could not grab the line with the hands because it was so tense I was afraid it would cut my skin...So I decided to grab the spool and start rotating it little by little and with patience I finally brought it down (as you can see it is one of those circular ones with a hole in the middle).I guess perhaps I should always have a pair of gloves with me...

BTW if anyone is interested, I also have the plans in PDF format in better resolution than the image I uploaded (the forum does not allow uploading PDFs and images can only be 100Kb).So please PM me if you want me to send it to you.Cheers,

Next time, anchor the kite to a spike or a pole. Something that can take the pull, Conyne's can pull like trucks as you found out. Use a carabiner or hand over hand method to bring the kite down, never use the winder, they can,and will break under all the stress. Conyne's also make great lifter, add some sky trash, add some color to the sky.

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